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Lesson 11 - Vector Tools - Part 2

Experience:  By the end of this lesson, you should feel more comfortable using the pen tools and path selections tools to create precise selections.  Understanding how to use these tools will take your selections skills to a new level.

Objectives:
Section 11-A (Monday)
  • Introducing the Pen Tool - Path fundamentals
  • Drawing straight paths
Section 11-B (Tuesday)
  • Adding paths and points
  • Drawing smooth curves
Section 11-C (Wednesday)
  • Drawing cusp points
  • Converting points
  • Pulling it all Together
Section 11-D (Thursday)
  • ​Exercises to Demonstrate Learning. (Exercise B11-01) (Exercise B11-02)
Picture
The Pen Tool is a very powerful selection tool. In this image, I used the pen tool to create a vector mask that cut the rose from its background.

USU Canvas Resources and Assignment for this week...

USU students, all the assignments, discussions, exercise files, reading assignments for lesson 11 will be found in Canvas - Lesson 11 Module. See the image at right.

​If you're not a registered USU student, and you are working through this lesson on your own, links to the exercise files are provided within the lesson.
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In this lesson you'll learn how to use Photoshop's pen tool - a very powerful tool for creating clean, smooth paths. In my portfolio exhibit at right, I used the pen tool to cut the rose out of a photo I took in my son's front yard. Placing it on a black background for maximum contrast, I've created a lyrics sheet that I'd use with my fourth grade students as we sing the song, The Rose, by Bette Midler.
This page last updated July 9, 2020.  This lesson combines my own work (images, text, videos) which are ©2020 by Nathan Smith.  All other images, videos, and cited text sources are curated from the internet, and are publicly available.